Newton, IA (Sports Network) - Ryan Hunter-Reay has established himself as the
new king on the short ovals in the IZOD IndyCar Series.

One week after winning at The Milwaukee Mile, Hunter-Reay claimed his second
straight victory by taking the checkered flag for Saturday night's Iowa Corn
Indy 250 at the 0.875-mile Iowa Speedway.

The start of the 250-lap race at Iowa was delayed 40 minutes due to a
thunderstorm that moved over the area. Milwaukee also featured a 90-minute
rain delay.

Hunter-Reay grabbed the lead from Scott Dixon with 13 laps remaining. On the
following lap, Hunter-Reay's teammate, Marco Andretti, passed Dixon for the
second position.

The race ended under caution when rookie Katherine Legge crashed into the
wall. Andretti, who won this race one year ago, crossed the finish line behind
Hunter-Reay to give team owner Michael Andretti a 1-2 finish.

"That was very challenging," Hunter-Reay said. "We were sliding around a
little bit more today. I have to thank Marco. They came here and tested. Marco
put the setup on this car. When we came here, we tweaked it just a little bit.
From there, we basically raced with what he tested with.

"Marco and I raced really hard out there, really clean. It's great to have a
teammate like that, and we're just so happy to be in victory lane twice in a
row."

Andretti claimed his first podium finish of the season.

"It's definitely a statement that Andretti Autosport is now the one to beat,"
he said.

Andretti's drivers have won the past four short oval races, with Hunter-Reay
claiming three of them. He scored the victory in last year's event at New
Hampshire (a track one-mile in length).

"I didn't think the car was that great all night, and we definitely threw a
lot at it this weekend," Dixon said. "I had to push it quite hard. The speeds
with the Andretti cars were definitely better."

With the win, Hunter-Reay moved up to second in the championship standings and
trails leader Will Power by only three points.

Power finished 23rd after he was involved in an accident with E.J. Viso on lap
69. Power moved down the track and made contact with Viso, causing both
drivers to spin around and then slam into the turn two wall.

"(Power) just blocked me, and I couldn't go any lower," said Viso, who
finished one spot behind Power in 24th. "I already had my left-front tire
inside the apron under the yellow line. He just kept on going lower."

Power took blame for the incident.

"I just lost it," he said. "I feel bad for E.J., because it took him with me.

Dixon is now 15 points out of the lead, while Power's Team Penske teammate,
Helio Castroneves, is just 25 markers behind. Castroneves finished sixth,
despite leading a race-high 133 laps.

James Hinchcliffe, who is also with Andretti, enter this race second in the
point standings, but Hinchcliffe crashed just after a restart with 55 laps to
go and ended up finishing 17th. He is 30 points behind Power.

"It's just a kick in the pants this late in the race," he said. "With the
string of finishes that we've been having, it really sucks."

Dario Franchitti, the pole sitter, blew an engine prior to the start of the
250-lap race. Just after Alex Tagliani's car stopped on the backstretch during
the pace laps, delaying the green flag from being waved, Franchitti had smoke
coming out from the back of his Chip Ganassi Racing car. The three-time
defending IndyCar champion is now eighth in points (-70).

"It was making a very strange noise," Franchitti said. "I'd actually just come
on the radio to say 'Is this thing making an odd noise?' And then it let go.
It's very disappointing."